SALISBURY – A public hearing on Wicomico’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2022 highlighted this week’s county council meeting.
On Tuesday, the Wicomico County Council held a public hearing on Acting County Executive John Psota’s proposed operating and capital budgets for fiscal year 2022.
The spending plan – submitted to the legislative branch late last month – features a general fund budget of $161,144,944 and includes $14.1 million for the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, $18.5 million for the Wicomico County Department of Corrections and $58.2 million for the Wicomico County Board of Education.
“The primary focus of this budget is to identify and fund Wicomico County’s core service needs: public safety, public health, education and infrastructure,” Psota’s budget message reads. “Additionally, this budget was prepared with the recognition that all county stakeholders’ finances have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
I am going to introduce a referendum to remove and abolish the Wicomico County Executive Office immediately.
Hope there was a typing error when stated Worcester County Sheriff Office.
Also the WBOE budget needs to be cut since they are not teaching and spending money on Administration salaries and Teacher salaries with low results. They have been on vacation and not fulfilling their obligations they have in their MS-22 job requirements.
The current CFO of the county was terminated by the city so lets see how long this works out.
Why is Wicomico County giving the Sheriff’s office in Worcester County 14 million dollars?
For those interested, please review govsalaries.com for a breakdown of the salaries of teachers, principals, and other government employees. You will be amazed at how many make 100k or more.
Let’s see. Some want to cut out the County Executive form of government. Wouldn’t that be great? Then we could go back to the previous form of government that raised property tax rates by 26% and caused The People to come up with the “REVENUE CAP LIMITATIONS”. Where do these clowns come from? John Palmer, Delmar, Md.